Cooked homemade egg pasta vs Plain couscous, cooked

Cooked homemade egg pastaPlain couscous, cooked
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

One serving each: 74 calories in cooked homemade egg pasta (2 oz, 57 g), 178 calories in plain couscous, cooked (1 cup, cooked, 160 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol and riboflavin (2.3×). More in plain couscous, cooked: sodium (6.4×), carbohydrates (2.8×), protein (2×) and niacin (2.2×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked homemade egg pasta74 cal

2 oz (57 g) · 3 g protein · 13.4 g carbs · 0.99 g fat

Plain couscous, cooked178 cal

1 cup, cooked (160 g) · 6 g protein · 37 g carbs (0.16 g sugars) · 0.26 g fat

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Where they differ

Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%12.5%25%
  • Sodiumlimit47.3 mg · 302 mg
    2%13%
  • Carbohydrates13.4 g · 37 g
    5%13%
  • Cholesterollimit23.4 mg · 0 mg
    8%0%
  • Protein3 g · 6 g
    6%12%
  • Niacin (B3)0.72 mg · 1.6 mg
    4%10%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.099 mg · 0.043 mg
    8%3%

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.

  • Total fat0.99 g · 0.26 g1%·<1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.23 g · 0.046 g1%·<1%
  • Potassium12 mg · 92.8 mg<1%·2%
  • Calcium5.7 mg · 12.8 mg<1%·1%
  • Iron0.66 mg · 0.61 mg4%·3%
  • Magnesium8 mg · 12.8 mg2%·3%
  • Phosphorus29.6 mg · 35.2 mg2%·3%
  • Zinc0.25 mg · 0.42 mg2%·4%
  • Copper0.032 mg · 0.066 mg4%·7%
  • Vitamin A9.7 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.099 mg · 0.1 mg8%·8%
  • Vitamin B60.021 mg · 0.082 mg1%·5%
  • Folate34.2 µg · 24 µg9%·6%
  • Vitamin B120.057 µg · 0 µg2%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, manganese, selenium, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked homemade egg pasta (SR Legacy 168901), Plain couscous, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708441). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.

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